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Plot Summary of World Without End
"Helen Thomas' moving and beautiful account of her brief married life to Edward Thomas, poet. Their time together is marred by Edward's difficulties in finding steady work and his deep depressions which Helen, a natural optimist, faces with bravery & sacrifice. A deeply moving love story set in a rural idyll that stands in stark contrast to the arival of war, which takes her husband from her. Edward Thomas was killed in 1917 at Arras"
Claire Baldwin, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Romance Yes
Kind of romance: - in love with mixedup person
job/profession: - writer
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Family, ill Yes
Who? - husband
because he/she is - clinically depressed

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - British
How sensitive is this person? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Century: - 1900-1920's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
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